Lt.-Col.Gerald FrancisTalbot was born on 23 November 1848.1 He was the son of Rev. Hon.William WhitworthChetwynd-Talbot and Eleonora JuliaCoventry.1 He married Henrietta Clarissa NoyesBradhurst, daughter of Henry M.Bradhurst, on 1 June 1870.1 He died on 2 January 1904 at age 55.1 He gained the rank of officer in 1870 in the 2nd Dragoons, Prussian Army.2 He held the office of Lieutenant of the City of London.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Essex.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kent.2 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry.2